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Air India mentioned in an announcement on Thursday (15 January 2026) that flights over Iran are taking different routes and should expertise delays because of the closure of Iranian airspace following anti-government protests over tensions and financial disaster within the nation.
“As a result of rising state of affairs in Iran and the following airspace closure, and within the curiosity of passenger security, Air India flights over the area are at the moment utilizing different routes and should expertise delays,” the airline mentioned in an announcement.
Protests sparked by merchants’ strikes over hyperinflation and a depreciating forex have unfold throughout the nation and turned violent in Iran in early January. Iranian officers introduced on Tuesday (January 13, 2026) that round 2,000 folks have been killed in protests throughout Iran to date.
It additionally added that some Air India flights, for which rerouting isn’t at the moment doable, will likely be cancelled.
Passengers are requested to test the flight standing on Air India’s web site.
Exterior Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Wednesday (January 14, 2026) met Iranian International Minister Seyed Abbas Aragushi and mentioned the present unrest in Iran and rising regional tensions in West Asia.
The dialog occurred hours after the Ministry of Exterior Affairs “strongly suggested” Indian residents to keep away from touring to Iran “till additional discover”.
On the identical time, the Indian embassy in Tehran urged Indian nationals and residents of Indian origin to go away the nation by all obtainable technique of transport, together with industrial airways, and likewise requested their relations primarily based in India to register on the embassy’s helpline web page.
